Jos Ferrero - Tristan's Harp: Arthurian Medieval Music / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Holy Grail has occupied a central place in Western life. It was believed by many to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in the Middle Ages writers saw the Grail as a dish, or a chalice, or a precious stone. Songs and instrumental music celebrated it's mystical power and were composed by some of the greatest troubadours, mystics and singer-poets of the age Christien de Troyes, Walther von der Vogelweide, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Hildegard of Bingen. This disc uniquely focuses on the common threads between Grail literature and music. Founded in 2002 for the study and revival of early music, the Capilla Antigua de Chinchilla is directed by it's founder, the tenor Jose Ferrero. The ensemble has participated in festivals and concerts throughout Spain, including the Hellen Early Music Festival, the 2006 and 2007 Festivals of the Early Music of Chinchilla, and the 2008 Musical October of Carthage in Tunisia. Album Tracks 1. Staeter Dienest, Der Ist Guot 2. Wolframs Goldener Ton 3. Damors, Qui Ma Tolu a Moi 4. Atressi Com Persavaus El Temps Que Vivia 5. Was Sol Ein Keyser Ône Recht? 6. Fowles in the Frith Percivals Lament (Damors, Qui Ma Tolu) 7. Under Der Linden 8. Karitas Habundat 9. Palästinalied 10. Laus Trinitati 11. La Ultime Estampie Royale 12. Do Man Dem Edelen SÎN Gezelt 13. Ich Saz ÛF Eime Steine

Sephardic music, from the ancient domain of al-Andalus, lies at the heart of of this selection of songs in remembrance of a lost homeland. The word endechar comes from a time before the expulsion of the Jews and their culture from Spain in 1492; wit. Album Tracks DISC 1 1. Arvolicos d'almendra, song 2. Hija mía mi querida (Rhodes) 3. Esta montaña d'enfrente (This Mountain in Front) 4. Una matica de ruda 5. Muerte que a todos convidas (Death, You Who Invite Us All), song 6. Por qué lloras, blanca niña, song 7. Ven querida (Istanbul) 8. Cuatro años d'amor (For Four Loving Years), song 9. Ya crecen las hierbas (Now the Plants Are Growing), song 10. Páxaro d'hermozura (Bird of Beauty) 11. Nani nani, Sephardic cradle song 12. En la mar hay una torre, song 13. Calvi arabi / Kol libi / Rey don Alfonso (medley) 14. Durme hermozo hijico, berceuse 15. Avrix mi galanica (Let Me In, My Love) 16. Quando el rey Nimrod DISC 2 1. Record tag Naxos 2. Catalog# 8572443 3. Year Of 2010

In Rysum in East Frisia a particularly valuable historical organ has been preserved This unique instrument from the years 1442 and 1513 still has most of it's original pipes. The organist Lorenzo Ghielmi and the Ensemble Biscantores present here a kind of organ mass in which organ pieces and liturgical chant alternate according to the practice of the time. The Italian organist and harpsichordist, Lorenzo Ghielmi, is organist on the Ahrend organ (1991) at the Basilica di San Simpliciano in Milan, where he performed from 1992 to 1994 the complete organ works of J.S. Bach. He gives concerts throughout Europe, Japan and the USA as an organist and harpsichordist. He has made many radio and studio recordings. He plays with his instrumental ensemble La Divina Armonia and in duet with his younger brother Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba and harpsichord). In France, he received the Diapason d'Or for his recordings of Bruhns and Bach. He also played organ & harpsichord in the first recordings of Il Giardino Armonico. Lorenzo Ghielmi, teaches organ, harpsichord and early music at the Milan Accademia Internazionale della Musica.